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what are the lewies dot structures for traditional metals(D block)?
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Is it possible to do a Lewis dot structure for a metal such as gold or aluminum?
For example, would "Al [three dots] Al" be correct since aluminum is content with 6 valence electrons instead of the usual 8 (octet rule). How would you do gold or copper?
My son's teacher has asked him to draw a lewis dot structure for a metal.
You can't simply draw a Lewis dot structure for a metal, you have to know the metal. In the case of copper, the electron from the "s" shell is moved to fill the "d" shell, so there is only one electron in the "s" shell. One would simply write:
Cu
If you had a pair of coppers, you would write Cu:Cu
Gold is essentially the same.
(Parenthetically, Lewis dot structures are not particularly useful for most transition metals.)
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